Trackplanner against the rest

For each plan we priced the parts list the way the app's build plan does: with Trackplanner at the best price, in whole packs as the retailer sells them, and with the sets the app suggests. Without planning at the highest unit price of a retailer that stocks the part, plus one spare piece per track type. The shares below are for all plans together. No spares for turnouts, shipping not included. Parts without a price count on neither side; plans with less than 90 % of parts priced are left out.

Worked example

Example layout: Oval with passing loop and siding in Piko A (H0), 2.32 × 0.91 m, 3 turnouts with motors, 1.2 m² of meadow and 10 dm² of ballast area. Without planning: €332.16, With Trackplanner: €260.51, saved: €71.65.

Assumption "without planning": you buy from the priciest of the retailers that stock the item, and one piece too many per track type; one more pack of scatter only when the need almost uses up the packs. Nobody buys turnouts and motors as spares, so only the price counts there. "With Trackplanner": best price, exact amount and the sets the app suggests instead of single pieces. Single prices, shipping not included. Planning meadow and ballast as areas is part of Premium. Prices as of October 12, 2026.

Sets the app suggests

• Piko A-Track Set A (Piko 55300), €26.92 idee+spiel instead of 12 × Piko 55212, 2 × Piko 55201: €6.96 cheaper than single pieces
• Piko A-Track Set B (Piko 55310), €26.92 idee+spiel instead of 1 × Piko 55221, 1 × Piko 55200, 5 × Piko 55201, plus a buffer stop: €4.94 cheaper than single pieces